As hurricane season bears down on many people and communities this month, one of the key factors linked to increasing severity of a storm’s impacts—sea level rise—sees new predictions emerge for “worst-case scenarios”.…,
“Climate change is the ultimate threat multiplier,” says UN Environment Programme (UNEP) climate change specialist Niklas Hagelberg. “Hurricanes aren’t new, but the increasing likelihood of dangerous storm surges linked to sea level…,
Through its Joint Unit with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNEP at the request of governments, seconds disaster assessment experts to areas affected by climate-related emergencies. This was the…

Estonian skiing phenomenon Kelly Sildaru, 17, is the youngest ever gold medalist at a Winter X Games event, and she’s out to win not just more medals but also the hearts and minds of youth across the world: she wants to…

The cautionary tale of the boiling frog describes how a frog that jumps into boiling water will save itself by jumping straight out, but the frog that sits in the water while it gradually gets hotter and hotter will boil to…

It is the final countdown to the Climate Action Summit in New York on 23 September 2019.
As the impacts of climate change define our time, now is the moment to do something about it. It will require an unprecedented effort…

As scorching temperatures continue to break records across Europe, unprecedented wildfires break out in the Arctic, and polar sea ice cover drops—again—to an all-time low, never before has the climate crisis been so…

In a record-breaking day this week, at the Gulele Botanical Garden in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia launched an historic tree planting campaign. Over 350 million trees were planted in an ambitious move to counter the effects of…

When a proven ecosystem restoration method also helps reduce poverty and build economic resilience, governments will often back them as a win-win solution.
The UN Environment Programme, the Kenya Forest Service, the Kenya…

Half of the world’s population is directly engaged in agriculture and nearly 40 per cent of land is devoted to agriculture and livestock. Food production sustains us all, but it also comes at a cost: water sources are being…

First, cooling is vital for both health and prosperity
Second, business-as-usual cooling will be a disaster for the planet
Third, getting cooling right is a major opportunity
Fourth, Asia will be key for the development of…

According to a new UN Environment Programme report, countries may fail to meet the internationally agreed goal to minimize the adverse impacts of chemicals and waste by 2020.
The chemical industry is an important backbone…